Thirteen Ways of Looking
by:
Colum McCann (author)
From the author of the award-winning novel Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic comes an eponymous novella and three stories that range fluidly across time, tenderly exploring the act of writing and the moment of creation when characters come alive on the page; the lifetime consequences...
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From the author of the award-winning novel Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic comes an eponymous novella and three stories that range fluidly across time, tenderly exploring the act of writing and the moment of creation when characters come alive on the page; the lifetime consequences that can come from a simple act; and the way our lives play across the world, mar
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781443446259 (1443446254)
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
This is a brilliant collection of characters. They have rich internal dialogues entirely at odds with the words that spouts from their lips. The collection is bookended by a pair of powerful stories. One is a Jewish lawyer (Vilnius through Dublin through Brooklyn to the Upper East Side) whose down...
3.5 Stars, Thirteen ways of Looking by Colum McCann consists of a Novella and 3 short strories. I am not a fan of short stories as they rarely work for me but with the right author short stories can be quite interesting and entertaining.I enjoyed the Novella which told the story of a retired elder...
I received a free copy of this book from the publishers via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.I could not get through this book! And I am not one to put a book down. In fact, I'm quite the opposite... I usually have to force myself to put down a book.! I just could not get into it, and no...
A special thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.I have been meaning to read Let the Great World Spin since purchasing it years ago and have yet to get around to it. After binging on Thirteen Ways of Looking, I'm putting Let the Great World Spin back to the top of the hea...
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